Hello all. I too have become a nut on both Marx 3/16” and American Flyer 3/16” prewar O gauge. I have most of the Marx cars but finding some flat cars hard to find. I have a mint Marx 333 pacific but have yet to buy the common 999. I also have a AF 559 Pennsy K5 (there was also a 560-561made prewar) Had to have a AF 565 Reading Atlantic to pull a Marx train with a Reading caboose. Sad the Marx never made a tender marked Reading to go with their caboose. I have a few stamped metal prewar AF 3/16” freight cars but these are not very scale. The very rare diecast cars made before the war are too expensive to even try to acquire. Seems strange to me AF made the best looking locomotive pulling the less attractive freight cars and the opposite with Marx- best looking cars and less scale locomotives. So yes. I do mix them with AF locos pulling Marx freight.
I’m building a totally “vintage” layout with only ‘40-‘50s items on it. No S gauge.
One interesting item I just picked up is a Marx LIGHTED Reading caboose and it works. Probably a modification someone made with a center rail pick up from a Marx search light car. We’re there ever any marker light made for those holes in my caboose? Can’t find any information on them. Thanks for any help.
